largest class; top category
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
calm; composed; cool; quiet
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to go ahead; to pull ahead
floor above; floor upstairs
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
round shape; circle; circular form
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
to come and go; to go back and forth
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
somewhat far; fairly distant
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
seeing for the first time; first sight
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline